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1 Peter 4:7-8 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Do you ever have “religious” dreams? Do you ever see the symbolism in your dreams, sometimes awakening with a huge question regarding them? I very rarely, I mean almost never, remember my dreams. I wish I did, for I do believe it is rest for the soul and mind as we sleep many times. Tonight I awoke with one on my heart; strange as all dreams are, and filled with religious symbolism. I lie there awake trying to remember and process what happened. As the minutes slipped by, I could feel Satan stealing away whatever it was, and I arose to pray and seek God in his Word for whatever he was laying on my heart about the forgiveness of the multitude of sins. I continued to read in 1st Peter from where I was yesterday; as I passed through it’s chapters I knew this was what it was above.

Surely some part of you sees the gravity of this world we live in; surely the need for addressing the direct need for your heart for God is evident. This world is slipping away, and these words of Peter to the return of Jesus are a warning to our generation. My prayer is that God has not blinded your heart to the truth of his imminent return to reclaim his church and judge this world’s sin. Are you living with both the gravity and the joy of that understanding? Peter has been addressing the government, the authority, and the respect the Christian must have for all; just as our nation is divided right now over such. 1 Peter 2:17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. I have never seen our nation so divided. I have never seen such hate from supposed Christians to each other, to those who disagree over politics, over the corrupt governing laws that protect the sins of the world, produced by a sinful government. Christians are defending a corrupt political system with a passion that should be reserved for proclaiming the Truth’s found in the Bible; we are defending sin, rather than proclaiming it, and sharing the gospel of Jesus as the rescuer from it; we are mired in our own sin.

One cannot mis-interpret Peters passage above as doctrine; as that love for anything, or anyone, will render one’s heart justified, or forgiven before God. One’s love is useless eternally without the understanding of the Gospel; the understanding that only Jesus’ sacrifice can pay our sin debt due to a Holy, Righteous God. I truly believe when one seeks to be right with God, seeking him daily in prayer and his Word, the natural outpouring of love is a byproduct of one’s heart for Him. I love how Matthew Henry put it, “The right ordering of the body is of great use to promote the good of the soul. When the appetites and inclinations of the body are restrained and governed by God’s word and true reason, and the interests of the body are submitted to the interests and necessities of the soul, then it is not the soul’s enemy, but its friend and helper.” Peter is calling for us to love one another, to avoid all contentions with one another, and through all this Jesus is shown to the world by our love. Is all the world in social media seeing the love of Christ through the Christian’s posts? Find your delete button.